Q: OK, I built my own system last year, and it is running smoothly . until now. Actually, it reboots and crashes suddenly without warning . I have no idea how or why this happens. Windows Online Crash Analysis reports a conflict in the drivers . but they all have good check-up, and “Windows XP certified. Once it said something about a device driver AFS2K.SYS also cause problems. I also get random reboots when using my scanner, all using DirectX, etc. Im really confused . I know a decent amount about computers and how they work (Im also a big CS), but this incident is baffling me .
Maybe a motherboard fault?
I tried reformatting and reinstalling XP, but my computer crashes or stop getting errors (blue screen) during the installation process. I finally just, and Windows reinstalled my previous version, but things are still ruined, and I get the random crashes and reboots again.
My system config is: Athlon 2100
2
AMD 128MB DIMMs (EA) DDR RAM PC2100
Soyo K7-333 Dragon Ultra Platinum MB
GeForce 4 Ti 4200 128MB
Win XP Pro w / SP1 and all updates
IBM CD-RW (LG CED-8080B CD-RW)
Realtek Ethernat RTL8139 (Integrated)
2 Hard Drives (1: IBM 120GB, 2: 40 GB Western Digital)
Any thoughts? Any help is greatly appreciated! Please respond!
Re:I opened my computer and the HSF for my CPU was REALLY HOT, and the heatsink was clogged with dust so I guess the fan couldnt cool it. I think the computer was shutting down due to excessive heat, the chassis was like 89-90 degrees, and the CPU was 145 to 150 degrees!
Re:You think upping the voltage in the BIOS for the CPU and such would gain more stability?
Re:Hello, heres a thought about your problem! do you have a UPS on your system? If not, perhaps your Power Supply is faulty. You wouldn't think to look at them, but pc's are picky eaters. They subsist on a diet of uninterrupted, precisely regulated electricity. Provide too little power, and your system behaves erractically or completely blacks out. Provide too much, and its tiny circuits – each 1/400th the width of a human hair, or thinner- are permanently fried.
Goodluck – guy
* page 152 pc world april 2003
Re:Nope no AOL…
Just standard email, Office, MSIE, Kazaa-lite, Photoshop, 3dsmax, games, etc…
Re:do you have aol 8.0 my computer did that when i installed aol
Re:http://www.memtest86.com/
Re:So you think it is the memory huh? Well I have no way of directly proving if thats it but I'll give it a shot with the memtest program. Where can I download that at?
Re:My usual thought with random crashes and BSODs is faulty RAM. Run memtest to see if you have a bad stick. Or, try running one stick at a time and see if your problem goes away with one and not the other. More often than not, RAM is the problem.
Good luck.
\Dan